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Remembering surgeries
TheEvilDog:
My sister had to have her wisdom teeth out when she around 15, all four of them, on the same day. The dentist who referred her suggested she put under with a general anaesthetic and as a day patient. Due to a slight reaction to the anaesthetic and the swelling from the operation itself, her cheeks ballooned to about twice their normal size. Called her a hamster for about three weeks after that...
Carl-E:
My brother had all four (impacted) wisdom teeth out, along with four molars (for space) and the extra tooth that had grown in between a cuspid and a bicuspid (we used to call it his tricuspid). 9 teeth, one surgery. He was 14. His mouth looked like a football, and he lived off peach milkshakes for a month (we had a peach tree).
Braces for the next three years.
His teeth are gorgeous, but the bastard still won't smile.
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 12 Oct 2012, 05:00 ---two appendix operations...
--- End quote ---
0_o How many appendices did you have?
pwhodges:
One appendix, two operations. I'm going out now, but will tell the story later.
Edith:
I broke my arm when I was about 25. The doctor said I could wear a wrist-to-shoulder cast and probably never regain full use of my elbow, or he could screw a plate to the bones. I chose the latter.
I was lying there forever with my arm resting on my stomach, waiting for them to start the surgery. It was early in the morning and I was on painkillers and no food (I broke it the afternoon before) and so I was drifting in and out of sleep. They explained that they were going to do a "pain block" on just my arm. They did, and then went away again. I just lay there, arm on my stomach, while they set up the sheet and whatnot...it seemed like forever.
I heard them talking and testing their equipment on the other side of the sheet...ahhh, would they NEVER start...and then I looked down at my hands for some reason. My hand was not resting on my stomach, it was going through the sheet and they were operating on it! WEEEIIIRD!
A couple years later I had LASIK. They asked me how many valium I wanted. I said I didn't know, so they gave me two. It is done while awake, because you have to watch the little lights. I don't want to talk about it any more, but it didn't hurt.
ackblom12:
LASIK was a fun thing to be awake for. I watched them shoot a friggin' LASER into my eye and reshape things and I could smell it.
Did I mention they shot a LASER into my eye and how awesome that is?
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